Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that he will “look into” an alleged case of discrimination against conservative activist Chloe Cole by Texas Christian University (TCU). The university had initially canceled an event where Cole was scheduled to speak, citing a lack of available space on campus. However, the school claimed the event was never booked in the first place.
Cole, 21, is a transgender teenager who has built a national platform advocating against gender-affirming care for children. She recently attended a vigil at TCU honoring the university’s Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot last month. Cole claims that school officials denied her event without discussion, despite available space on campus.
The controversy has attracted scrutiny from Republican officials and activists, including U.S. Rep. Chip Roy and Tarrant County GOP chairman Bo French. They have called for TCU to “course correct” and restore its conservative mission.
TCU officials have maintained that they offered to find another date or space for the event and notified the group of their decision. The university has also hosted Turning Point events in the past, including one last year during a college campus tour.
Source: https://fortworthreport.org/2025/10/01/texas-ag-paxton-to-investigate-tcu-over-turning-point-event-school-says-was-not-booked